24th JulyThe UK has some of the worst insulated housing stock in Europe. Saving energy is by far the cheapest way for the UK to cut carbon emissions. However the Government has now announced an end to Green Deal home Insulation and Green Deal Home Improvements schemes. read Guardian article

23rd JulyThe government has unveiled plans to slash subsidies to solar power projects. It also intends to remove power plant subsidy for using green fuels such as biomass in place of fossil fuel. Also under review is the FIT solar power rate. Meanwhile UK fossil fuel subsidies of £41bn a year remain.Read Guardian article

22nd JulyFarmers will now be able to use EU blacklisted neonicotinoid pesticides - linked to serious harm in bees - after government temporarily lifts an EU ban. Opponents called the decision “scandalous” and criticised the government’s secrecy, which has included gagging its own expert advisers.read Guardian report

17th JulyThe Government’s decision to launch a review of the Freedom of Information Act widely condemned as likely to lead to “more secrecy, more mistakes and bad decisions”.

17th JulyManifesto pledge to introduce £72,000 cap on care costs in England is being 'deferred' until 2020. Estimated (and now wasted) spend on preparing for the introduction of the cap is £50-100 million. read Guardian report

17th JulyGeorge Osborne forces out Martin Wheatley, the tough-talking head of Britain’s financial watchdog, after he angered the banking community with record fines.read Guardian article

16th JulyGovernment abandons its promise to exclude fracking from Britain’s most important nature sites. Exploration for shale gas will now no longer be prevented in England's 4000 SSSI locations.read Guardian report

16th JulyDavid Cameron performs U-turn announcing that MPs should now accept a £7,000 pay rise. A 10% rise while all other public sector workers have a 4 year pay freeze.read Guardian news item

14th July Government scrubs tomorrow's vote on Fox Hunting amendment after SNP decide to join Labour in opposing the vote. Cameron plans to try again later in the year.read BBC report

10th JulyRather than risk defeat over repealing the Fox Hunting Act the government is proposing to amend the law to allow hunting with a pack rather than only two dogs.The RSPCA claim this is an abuse of government power to bring back hunting by the back door.

George Osborne

8th JulyFirst Tory Budget for 19yrs is true blue, significantly increases the wealth gap. " Couples with joint earnings of more than £100,000 will see the biggest benefit with an extra £241 a year while retired people will also be more than £200 better of every year. Low income families will be hit the hardest. Those families where one parent works earning £20,000 a year will be more than £2,000 worse off " from Daily Mailread Guardian analysis

The nine green policies killed off by the government"we round up the measures that have gone under the knife in what some are calling the worst period for UK environmental policy in 30 years"read Guardian article

Short term savings as more important than the green economy"Under cover of the drive for austerity, and reinforced by a desire to appease Tory voters opposed to onshore windfarms, the foundations of a green economy are being undermined one by one."from Guardian editorial

Post- budget Britain is no country for the young"The Institute for Fiscal Studies makes a pointthat cannot be made often enough: 30 years ago, pensioners were much more likely to be poorer than their younger counterparts. In 2011, the average incomes of pensioner households rose above the average incomes of the rest of the population for the first time in history, and they are still rising today."from ﻿Guardian article﻿ by Nick Cohen